Obstacle Course P2
"The lead pack is a step ahead, but below them, everyone's clumped together!" Present Mic commented on the situation. "But I won't say how many are pulling ahead, so don't get complacent and keep moving!"
Aiden and Todoroki heard his voice over the coms and turned back to see a rampaging Bakugo charging towards them.
Reaching the next stage of the obstacle course, the two stopped briefly while Present Mic gave them and the audience a bit of information.
"And now we've arrived at the final barrier of our obstacle course! THE MINEFIELD!!"
'Is this really a high school event!' Was the thoughts of the audience.
"Its set up so that you can tell where the mines are if you look carefully!" Present Mic continued. "So students, be sure to exploit your eyes and legs when crossing this terrain!"
"The leads are already at the final barrier!" Deku said to himself while crawling across a rope.
"Soo... Do you wanna go first?" Aiden asked Todoroki.
Ignoring the question, Todoroki took center stage and started running.
Grinning at his attempt, Aiden started shifting through the air and towards the finish line. While the two were busy competing, Bakugo who had just heard Present Mic's explanation was laughing while propelling himself through the air.
"Hahahahaha it doesn't matter if there are mines or not! I'll pass all of them!" He blew past Todoroki and stared at the shifting Aiden.
Feeling like he was being looked down upon, Todoroki created a ice path in front of himself and started skating forward.
"Would you look at that folks! It looks like we have a third contender for 1st place!" Present Mic said.
'Shit! Bakugo's only going to get more annoying if he actually wins!'
Ramping up the speed of his astral shift, Aiden went full force and started to rapidly use his Astral shift to pull ahead.
"GET DOWN HERE YOU PURPLE EYED BASTARD!!" Bakugo screamed after seeing Aiden create some distance between them. Pushing his explosions to the limit, he shot past a mine and rapidly approached the finish line. "FIRST PLACE IS MINE!"
Not wanting to be third place, Todoroki also pushed his ice quirk to its limit and created a ice ramp that launched him forward. "I will not lose!"
As the three teenagers were about to cross the finish line, a loud bang rang out behind them and a tearful Deku on a piece of robot debris came flying towards the trio.
"Midoriya!!"
"OH WOW! Class 1-A's Midoriya mounts his charge!"
Hearing this, the trio looked back for a brief instance only to be overtaken by Deku.
"He overtook them! HE OVERTOOK THEM!!" Present Mic sounded like he was shouting.
"DON'T YOU DARE THINK OF OVERTAKING ME DEKU!!!" Bakugo yelled and launched himself forward with his explosions.
"I'm not done yet!" Todoroki said with an unusual amount of fire in his tone.
"No way am I letting a weakling beat me!" Aiden grit his teeth and pushed forwards.
As the three were about to catch up, Deku pulled on a cord attached to the debris he was riding on, and flipped it over before slamming it into a group of mines on the ground.
Seeing this as his chance, Aiden timed his shift to appear right in front of Deku. By the time the explosion went off, the two were sent hurling through the air and towards the finish line. But since Aiden could use shifting, he shifted 10 feet past the finish line before Deku and the debris could pass through and earned himself first place.
"THE WINNER OF THE FRESHMEN YEAR OBSTACLE COURSE IS NONE OTHER THAN CLASS 1-A's REPRESENTATIVE AIDEN CROSS!!" Present Mic announced while the audience went nuts.
"Did you see that!"
"What an explosive way to win!"
"Hahaha, he teleported at last minute and snagged victory! Genius!"
While the crowd cheered, back at home, a top only wearing Rumi had a large grin on her face and silently cheered for his victory. "Nice one brat."
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"I won~" Aiden said to himself while soaking in the cheers. Never being in this kind of situation before, the usually calm Aiden couldn't help but enjoy the feeling of being cheered for.
Behind him, the disappointed but happy Deku came out of the tunnel followed by the panting Todoroki and Bakugo. Bakugo was pissed at both Aiden and Deku. He was pissed that he lost to Aiden, and was pissed that the only reason he lost was because Deku had interfered with the trio's stalemate. If not for him then he would have had a chance to be first place.
"I'll *pant* fucking kill you Deku."
Todoroki also felt annoyed that Deku interfered as he to felt that victory could have been his if Deku wasn't involved.
Seeing the current state of things, Present Mic commented on the situation. "And now they're all steadily crossing the finish line!" Following this, Mina, Momo, Iida and the rest of class 1-A came out from the tunnel. "We'll compile the results later, for the time being enjoy your breather students."
"Wow Aiden! You won!" Mina came over and congratulated him.
"You did well." Momo smiled.
"Dude! That was such a manly victory!" Kirishima praised.
"To think I'd place so low with a quirk like mine." Iida mumbled to himself.
"Congrats Aiden-kun!" Uraraka came over after congratulating Deku on coming in second place.
"All right folks, time for the results!" Midnight's voice caused everyone to quiet down as they stared at the board behind her.
1. Cross Aiden- Class 1A
2. Midoriya Izuku- Class 1A
3. Todoroki Shoto- Class 1A
4. Bakugo Katsuki- Class 1A
5. Shiozaki Ibara- Class 1B
6. Honenuki Juzo- Class 1B
7. Iida Tenya- Class 1A
8. Tokoyami Fumikage- Class 1A
9. Sero Hanata- Class 1A
10. Kirishima Eijiro- 1A
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"8 of the top 10 spots are members of class 1A." A member of the audience noticed.
"Not surprising, they are in the top class after all."
"Lets see if they can do it in the next category."
Just as they finished the talking, Midnight announced the next event.
"Human Cavalry Battle!"
After explaining how the battle worked, Midnight went on to explain how 1st place was worth 10 million points. This caused all the passing students to stare at Aiden.
"Shit."